Greinke returns to Dodger Stadium

Dodgers' righty Zack Greinke stopped by Dodger Stadium on Wednesday, his first time around the team since he fractured his left clavicle in a benches-clearing brawl in San Diego a week ago.

Greinke suffered the injury when Padres outfielder Carlos Quentin charged the mound after Greinke hit him with a pitch. Greinke will be out for at least eight weeks while Quentin is serving an eight-game suspension -- sufficient punishment, Greinke said.

"I think it's the most anyone ever been suspended (for charging the mound)," Greinke said. "That right there says a lot. To expect the league to do more than that would be pretty crazy, I would think."

Greinke acknowledged that there was history between him and Quentin from their days in the AL Central (with the Royals and White Sox, respectively) that led to last week's confrontation. C A.J. Ellis has expressed regret that he didn't react quickly enough to stop Quentin from reaching Greinke. But Greinke took the blame for not letting Ellis know ahead of time about his inflammatory history with Quentin.

"I told A.J. that I should have told him," Greinke said. "I knew anyone with the White Sox has always labeled me as someone that does stuff. I didn't think it would happen.

"Looking back on it, I probably should have warned him, because I know he would feel a lot better about it."

Greinke said it is too early in his recovery to tell how quickly he will be able to heal up and start a throwing program.

"I'm just doing what I can to come back as quick as possible and be as strong as possible when I come back," Greinke said. "I don't really know when that'll be."

THE GAME: Rainout

The first game of the Dodgers-Baltimore Orioles series was postponed because of rain and is going to be made up as part of a split doubleheader Saturday, with the first game starting at 1:05 p.m. and the second game beginning at 7:05 p.m.

This postponement won't affect the pitching match-ups; they'll remain the same. Jason Hammel starts the first game for Baltimore while Hyun-Jiu Ryu will be the Los Angeles pitcher.

This is the first time the Orioles and Dodgers have played since 2004 and just the third time they've met since interleague play began. Los Angeles has won five of the six games between the two.

The most famous meeting between the teams came when the Orioles scored a surprising sweep of the Dodgers in the 1966 World Series.

This series is also going to represent a bit of a reunion between the two managers. Orioles' manager Buck Showalter played with Dodgers' skipper Don Mattingly in the minors and managed him with the Yankees in the mid-1990s. They've known each other for more than 30 years.

Showalter told several stories about Mattingly on Thursday, and it was easy to see how much he admires his former first baseman.

"I knew I wasn't going to be the left fielder or first baseman for the New York Yankees when I saw him," Showalter said. "He was going to be."

Mattingly also spent some time talking about Showalter before Friday's rain-out, praising his former skipper for having the ability to see who could play the game.

"The view he had on talent was always good," Mattingly said. "He always knew who could play and who couldn't, and he knew how you were supposed to play."

The Orioles were set to use the same lineup Friday night that they went with in Thursday's 10-6 extra-inning win over the Rays since the Dodgers were starting left-hander Ryu. That lineup put left-handed hitting Nate McLouth on the bench, moved Nick Markakis to lead-off and had Steve Pearce as the designated hitter.

For the Dodgers, Carl Crawford (.375) was set to lead off at DH with his .375 average.

Adrian Gonzalez is off to hot start. He entered the weekend with a .407 average plus two homers and 12 RBIs.

--LHP Hyun-Jin Ryu is off to a good start in his first year in the majors. He's won his last two starts, beating Arizona after topping Pittsburgh. Ryu's shown some power, striking out 15 and walking only three.

--RHP Josh Beckett knows the Orioles, having pitched against them several times with Boston. He's got a 7-7 record and a 4.36 EDA in 20 career starts -- but has lost four straight starts against the Orioles.

--C Ramon Hernandez is a former Oriole who's been struggling on offense this season. He's hitting just .167 so far this season but boasts a .474 (9-for-19) career average against Jason Hammel.